Third Party Quality Lead

Job title: Third Party Quality Lead

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.

As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

As a Third Party Quality Lead at ICON, you will oversee the planning, management, and distribution of clinical supplies to support the successful execution of clinical trials.

What You Will Do:

Your focus will be on coordinating clinical supplies and logistics delivery, resolving issues, and developing team capability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end-to-end clinical supply chain, including forecasting, procurement, distribution, and inventory management for clinical trials.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop supply strategies that align with study timelines and regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring the timely delivery of clinical supplies to study sites, while monitoring and maintaining inventory levels to avoid shortages or delays.
• Overseeing supplier relationships and negotiating contracts to ensure high-quality materials and services at competitive costs.
• Providing leadership and guidance on best practices in clinical supply management, compliance, and risk mitigation.

Your Profile:

You will have solid clinical supplies and logistics experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, life sciences, or a related discipline
• Extensive experience in clinical supply management or logistics, preferably within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements related to clinical supplies, including Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills, with the ability to manage complex supply chains across multiple studies.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external vendors.
• Willingness to travel as required (approximately 10%)

What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.